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WVduckchick said:
Yes, you are doing fine.  Keep cheeping right along with it.  It will know you are there, and it will encourage it to come out.  That was good timing on the chickens, so I suspect the duckling is ok too.  So it is cheeping, but no broken shell yet? Right?  That should mean its internally pipped but not externally.  How long have you heard it cheeping?
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from yesterday at 4:00 pm to right now. It is more vocal today and I can hear it peck at its shell
 
WVduckchick said:
Yes, you are doing fine.  Keep cheeping right along with it.  It will know you are there, and it will encourage it to come out.  That was good timing on the chickens, so I suspect the duckling is ok too.  So it is cheeping, but no broken shell yet? Right?  That should mean its internally pipped but not externally.  How long have you heard it cheeping?
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I have heard it chirp from 4:00 pm yesterday to now but it doesn't rock much at all. I can't see any cracks or pips but I'm worried its pecking on the side facing the bottom.
 
I'm not sure how hard your incubator is to maintain humidity, but if you are afraid its pecking at the bottom facing the floor, if you have a way to rock the egg, you might be able to see it. I use a bendy straw through a vent hole. Just rock it enough to see the bottom, if you can. And if you see a break in the shell, try to leave the egg so its not on the floor. It should zip counter-clockwise (while looking at the fat end of the egg), so if you move it a little, move it to the side that will allow it to continue to zip upward, not back toward the floor. Or if you have to, you can open it real quick to check. But be sure you can keep the humidity up!
 
WVduckchick said:
I'm not sure how hard your incubator is to maintain humidity, but if you are afraid its pecking at the bottom facing the floor, if you have a way to rock the egg, you might be able to see it.  I use a bendy straw through a vent hole.  Just rock it enough to see the bottom, if you can.  And if you see a break in the shell, try to leave the egg so its not on the floor.  It should zip counter-clockwise (while looking at the fat end of the egg), so if you move it a little, move it to the side that will allow it to continue to zip upward, not back toward the floor.  Or if you have to, you can open it real quick to check.  But be sure you can keep the humidity up! 
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. I don't think I have anything to rock the egg with.... Is there anything else I could do? Thanks
 
WVduckchick said:
I'm not sure how hard your incubator is to maintain humidity, but if you are afraid its pecking at the bottom facing the floor, if you have a way to rock the egg, you might be able to see it.  I use a bendy straw through a vent hole.  Just rock it enough to see the bottom, if you can.  And if you see a break in the shell, try to leave the egg so its not on the floor.  It should zip counter-clockwise (while looking at the fat end of the egg), so if you move it a little, move it to the side that will allow it to continue to zip upward, not back toward the floor.  Or if you have to, you can open it real quick to check.  But be sure you can keep the humidity up! 
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would a knitting needle work?
 
Maybe shine a flashlight in, look for chips of egg shell, let the egg cast a shadow and look for places on the shadow where it might not look round. Like if the shell had a little break, the shadow line may not be perfect.

A knitting needle could work, if its small enough to get through the vent hole, and long enough to reach the egg....
 

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